Faith Connections and Damascus Help are asking our support of the Holiday Giving Project for the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays for the Damascus area. This normally includes a holiday meal for Thanksgiving and a December Holiday meal and gifts. Last year our congregation sponsored over 34 families! This is a great opportunity to share the joy of Christ with someone in need. Please prayerfully consider supporting the Holiday Giving Project this year.
If you are interested in adopting a family for the holidays, please call Diana or Tom Conger at (301)831-3453 or email at ten.knilhtrae|regnocid#ten.knilhtrae|regnocid.
What Goes Into a Holiday Basket
A "Holiday Basket" is meant to be all the fixings of a holiday meal for a family. It is a festive gift to help make the holidays brighter for families in need. Your Holiday Basket can be a turkey and all the traditional trimmings, a grocery store gift certificate, or some combination of food and a gift certificate. A December Holiday Basket also includes toys and gifts for members in the family. The traditional Holiday Basket is a box and or grocery bags including the following:
Sample Holiday Basket - Serves up to 8 people.
1 15-20 pound turkey OR a grocery store gift certificate
5 pounds of potatoes
5 large sweet potatoes
1 pound of carrots
3 pounds of onions
1 bag of celery
3 pounds of oranges or apples
3 16 ounce cans of gravy
2 16 ounce cans of jellied cranberry sauce
3 16 ounce cans of green beans, corn or peas
2 boxes of stuffing mix
Bread or dinner rolls
1 pound box of butter or margarine
1 gallon of milk
1 dozen of eggs
1 64 ounce container of juice
1 large pumpkin pie/other dessert
Heavy duty aluminum foil pan for turkey
Make sure you consider time with your donation: time for thawing if you are providing a frozen turkey, time for shopping if you are presenting a gift certificate. Consider the person or family being referred, e.g., any dietary issues. A senior citizen living on his or her own needs a smaller “basket”. Also a family with children may need snacks and breakfast food since children will be home for the holidays.
Thanksgiving meals should be delivered on November 19 - 22. The December Holiday meal and gifts should be delivered on December 20 - 22.
